Friday, October 13, 2017

Lawsuit filed against manufacturers of "bump stocks" in response to Las Vegas shooting

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The Torts Prof blog is reporting that witnesses to the mass shooting in Las Vegas have filed a would-be class action lawsuit against manuf...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

Court dismisses Sarah Palin's defamation claim against the New York Times

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Back in June, the New York Times published an editorial that stated, among other things that "In 2011, when Jared Lee Loughner opened ...
Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Two new short articles on the Alien Tort Statute (and the case pending before the US Supreme Court)

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As I mentioned a few days ago, the Supreme Court will be addressing the issue it was supposed to decide but didn't in  Kiobel v. Royal ...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Summary of the latest case on the Alien Tort Statute before the Supreme Court

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Over at SCotUS blog, Amy Howe has published a good summary of the latest case on the Alien Tort Statute before the Supreme Court.  You can r...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Chemerinsky on Supreme Court cases that affect the rights of injured victims to seek compensation in court

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Erwin Chemerinsky has published a short comment on two recent Supreme Court opinions that have the effect of closing the courthouse doors to...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Appeals Court in Wisconsin finds med mal cap unconstitutional

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The intermediate appeals court in Wisconsin has ruled that the state's $750,000 cap for non-economic damages in medical malpractice case...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

While the country is distracted by tweets, investigations, and failed Senate bills, the House votes to federalize medical malpractice

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In my most recent post I reported that the ABA opposed a bill currently under consideration by the House of Representatives which would impo...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

ABA opposes federal bill that would impose caps in med-mal cases

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The ABA Journal is reporting that the ABA recently sent a letter to House lawmakers urging them to reject a bill that would impose a  cap o...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Florida Supreme Court strikes down statute imposing caps on medical malpractice cases -- UPDATED

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The TortsProf blog is reporting that a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court recently struck down a 2003 statute that imposed a cap on non-...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Article on the Trump administration and tort reform

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Over at HuffPost, Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy at NYU Law School, has posted a short article ...